Sneha Mahadevan (DNA; June 25, 2015)

Salman Khan, known for his charitable endeavours, recently went out of his way to help a small town in Kashmir where he was shooting for Bajrangi Bhaijaan. During the shoot of a special song at the Aishmuqam Dargah near Pahalgam, the actor got a chance to interact with a lot of locals there.

Salman’s arrival in the small town had caused a pandemonium and a lot of locals had gathered, just to catch a glimpse of the shoot. It was while he was interacting with a few people, that he realised that most of the people there didn’t have television sets at home.

Our source reveals, “The locals are huge Bollwood buffs and find it very difficult to watch movies as there are no theatres there. The very thought of a Bollywood actor visiting their small town was enough to send them in a tizzy. When Salman met some of the locals there, he knew that they all wanted TV sets at home, but couldn’t afford them. He immediately got his team working on this. He asked them to get one TV set for each house in the small town. His team got TVs set up in a few houses and are currently working on bringing a TV set to each of the remaining houses. He also met an old lady who told him about the biting cold and her house not being in proper condition. Salman immediately got the construction people from the local area to start work on the lady’s house. He even gave her grandson a job as a spot boy in the film when she complained about the paucity of jobs. Salman later visited the woman’s house once it was fully made, just to make sure that her problems were sorted.”